By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–BLUE JAYS-CARDINALS DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Toronto plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. UPCOMING: 200 words, more
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–BLUE JAYS-CARDINALS DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Toronto plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. UPCOMING: 200 words, more
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–BLUE JAYS-CARDINALS DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Toronto plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. UPCOMING: 200 words, more
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By BARAA ANWER Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For some, the stoning of the devil ritual at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia marks a solemn moment, a complete submission to God. For others, it represents a victory over evil. Subardi Abdulaha, from Indonesia, was one of more than 1.6 million pilgrims in Mina
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence ‘s use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today. The annual AI Film Festival organized by Runway, a company that specializes in AI-generated video, kicked
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Renée Elise Goldsberry is most inspired by artists bold enough to take a career leap, even when there’s no guarantee of a safe landing. Over the years, Goldsberry spent her celebrated career surrounded by fearless risk-takers. Now, the Tony and Grammy winner, best known
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, June 7 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Greater Western Sydney AUTO RACING 8:05 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich. 8:55 a.m. FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Aragon
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 8 0 1.000 — Atlanta 5 3 .625 3 Indiana 3 4 .429 4½ Washington 3 6 .333 5½ Chicago 2 4 .333 5 Connecticut 2 6 .250 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 0 1.000 — Phoenix 6 3 .667
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv07-08 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, June 9 COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament Super Regional: TBD, Game 3 (If Necessary) 3 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament Super Regional: TBD, Game 3 (If Necessary) 7 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament Super Regional: TBD, Game 3
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By The Associated Press Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged in the U.S. with trafficking immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador. The charges stem from a 2022 vehicle stop in which the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of human trafficking. A report
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was dating Sean “Diddy” Combs at the time of his arrest last year broke down Friday describing their many drug-fueled sex marathons, saying the music mogul ignored her signals to stop and scolded her for crying after
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By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE Federal authorities moved Friday to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the use of a key tool for enforcing the country’s civil rights laws. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the top federal
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The pop album of the summer is here. Addison Rae’s debut, “Addison,” is full, stuffed with bejeweled, hypnotic pop songs for the post-“BRAT” crowd. Hedonism has a new hero. For those who’ve watched her rise, it’s almost impossible to believe. It wasn’t so long ago
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By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the closure of its offices in Niger and the departure of its foreign staff, four months after the ruling junta ordered the organization to leave the country. The ICRC confirmed the closure and departure in a statement on
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a dozen candidates will compete in New Jersey on Tuesday for the chance to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Voters will also pick nominees for the state General Assembly. New Jersey is one of only two states, along with Virginia, with a gubernatorial race on
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Representation of many of the world’s faiths and spiritual traditions has been minimal to nonexistent in the mainstream comics universe. Even when they are portrayed in comics, their presentation, as experts point out, is often inauthentic and sometimes, negative. Recently, however, comic book writers and academics who study the intersection
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By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press “Captain America doesn’t wear a beard and a turban, and he’s white.” Vishavjit Singh looked at the boy who uttered those words, and then he looked at himself — a skinny, bespectacled, turbaned, bearded Sikh in a Captain America suit. “I wasn’t offended, because I knew that this kid was
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion and returned confident that Washington remains committed to NATO. Merz described his Oval Office meeting and extended lunch with Trump as constructive but also candid,
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump’s proposed overhaul of U.S. elections and whether the changes could be made in time for next year’s midterm elections, how much it would cost the states and, more broadly, whether the
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By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon. With much of Gaza in rubble, men, women and
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army condemned Friday Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war. The army statement came hours after the Israeli
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated one of the most ambitious railway projects ever built in India, which will connect the Kashmir Valley to the vast Indian plains by train for the first time. Dubbed by government-operated Indian Railways as one of
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Tampa Bay 4 Miami 3 Final Washington 2 Texas 0 Final Detroit 3 Chicago Cubs 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Houston 4 Cleveland 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 9 Boston 6 Final Chicago White Sox 7 Kansas City 2 Final Toronto 6 Minnesota 4 Final L.A. Angels 5 Seattle 4
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Jun. 06. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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